Burnout of the educators of higher education institutions: Analysis of influencing factors
2023
Mironova, Julija | Sloka, Biruta | Jermolajeva, Elita
Since the concept of burnout emerged in 1970’s, the scientific discussion on it is still continuing. Educators follow medical workers in the list of the professions most affected by the burnout. Social nature of the work of the educators of higher education institutions, high workload and additional duties generate stress, which may become a burnout, if not properly managed. The problem statement – there are many factors in the scientific discussion stated by authors as the ones influencing burnout. The aim of the research is to analyse different factors mentioned in the scientific literature in order to determine their relation to the symptoms of burnout and compare with real situation of academic staff in higher education institutions. In the research, the following methods were used: the analysis of scientific publications and previous conducted research and a survey on the aspects related to burnout of educators in higher education institutions. Main results indicate that COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the situation of academic staff in higher education institutions. The main findings of the paper reveal that burnout aspects are influencing members of academic staff in many higher education institutions, especially there where information about different support aspects is less available.
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